How To Install sdate on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sdate on Kali Linux.

What is sdate

sdate is:

sdate wraps the libc localtime() and gmtime() functions to output the eternal september 1993 date.

sdate works like fakeroot (on which its code is based) by setting LD_PRELOAD to a wrapper library.

• http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/S/September-that-never-ended.html

There are three methods to install sdate on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install sdate Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install sdate using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sdate

Install sdate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sdate using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sdate

Install sdate Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install sdate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sdate

How To Uninstall sdate on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the sdate package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sdate

Uninstall sdate And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sdate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sdate

Remove sdate Configurations and Data

To remove sdate configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sdate

Remove sdate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sdate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sdate

Dependencies

sdate have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• sdate website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sdate package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.